Thomas Morris (Ohio)

Thomas Morris (3 January 1776-7 December 1844) was a US Senator from Ohio (D) from 4 March 1833 to 4 March 1839, succeeding Benjamin Ruggles and preceding Benjamin Tappan.

Biography
Thomas Morris was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1776, and he became a lawyer in Bethel, Ohio in 1804. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1806 to 1811 and from 1820 to 1821, in the Supreme Court in 1809, and in the State Senate from 1813 to 1815, 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1829, and from 1831 to 1833. In 1833, he was elected to the US Senate, serving one term as a Jacksonian. He later joined the Liberty Party, and he died in 1844.